National Geographic Channel +1 Thursday
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6:00 AM
Teleshopping
Buying goods from the comfort of home
A chance for viewers to purchase goods from the comfort of home

9:00 AM
Border Protection Spain
A potential bomb mobilizes multiple Guardia Civil units
A potential bomb mobilizes multiple Guardia Civil units in the east, and speedboats are used to smuggle contraband in Algeciras

10:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
How pilots may have been distracted in a 1972 crash in Miami
How Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in 1972 as it prepared for arrival at Miami airport, possibly because a problem with the landing gear distracted the pilots

11:00 AM
Vikings: The Rise and Fall
The final days of the Viking Empire
How the Viking Empire came to an end with the Normans finally gaining control of the English Kingdom in 1066

12:00 PM
Lost Ships of WW2
Rob Kraft hunts for Musashi, the biggest battleship ever built
Rob Kraft hunts for Musashi, the biggest battleship ever built and considered to be unsinkable by the Japanese

1:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
The German campaign across Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
The German campaign across Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, under the command of Erwin Rommel, which would push the allies to their limit and change the course of the war

2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509's accident near Stansted in 1999
A reconstruction of Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509's accident in December 1999, when the aircraft crashed into a forest shortly after taking off from Stansted Airport

3:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A Boeing 737 crashes just moments after lifting off
A Boeing 737 crashes just moments after lifting off from an Algerian desert airport. I's clear the left engine exploded, and a fatigue crack eventually explains why

4:00 PM
WWII: Tank Showdown
A tank battle that provides an insight into the end of the Second World War
In 1944, British commander John Semken's Sherman faced a German Tiger just 110 metres away. His success against all odds provides an insight into the wider Allied victory

5:00 PM
Drain the Oceans
New discoveries reveal how the Mississippi river shaped America
From a steamboat in a cornfield to the true story behind Hurricane Katrina's floods, new discoveries reveal how the Mississippi river shaped America

6:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Bjorn joins forces with a rival company to rescue a truck that crashed into a cliff face
Bjorn joins forces with a rival company to rescue a truck that crashed into a cliff face, and Thord struggles to get a flipped tractor back on its wheels

7:00 PM
Construction Fails
How asbestos turned out to be a product that was too good to be true
Asbestos was a product that seemed too good to be true - because it was. Meanwhile, in New York, two buildings explode sending debris flying through the streets

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A 2005 landing at sea that led to criminal charges
Reconstructing the forced landing at sea of a plane flying from Italy to Tunisia in 2005. The ensuing investigation saw nine men charged with criminal negligence

9:00 PM
Area 51: The CIA's Secret Files
An expose of activity at the Groom Lake Testing Facility
Former radar specialists, pilots and security guards at Area 51 cast new light on the secretive and ground-breaking research conducted at the Groom Lake Testing Facility in Nevada

10:00 PM
Secrets of Area 51
Behind the scenes at the world's most secret military base
Behind the scenes at the world's most secret military base, featuring contributions from CIA agents and employees about previously classified missions

11:00 PM
Northwoods Survival
Margot, Matty, Billy, Emilie and Gilbert negotiate some pre-winter challenges
Margot, Matty, Billy, Emilie and Gilbert negotiate some pre-winter challenges as they continue to improve their northern homesteads

12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
Experts make a surprising find while investigating a crash
Experts investigate a 2007 plane crash in Indonesia in which 21 of the 140 passengers died, and make a startling discovery when they analyse the cockpit voice recorder

1:00 AM
Lawless Island
After a tragic house fire, the residents of Port Protection must confront their grief
After losing community elder Gary Muehlberger in a tragic house fire, the residents of Port Protection are forced to confront their grief and press on

2:00 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
CBP question a man suspected of ingesting pellets of coke
CBP question a man suspected of ingesting pellets of coke. PR AMO agents track down a boat loaded with $51M worth of cocaine

3:00 AM
Abandoned
The team searches an abandoned lace factory
Jay and the team fill their truck with unusual and valuable items from an abandoned lace factory

3:30 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI and CBP seize counterfeit cash and fake vax cards arriving from Peru
HSI and CBP seize counterfeit cash and fake vax cards arriving from Peru. CBP Calexico pulls 205 kilos of meth from a heavily loaded car

3:55 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami
HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami, K9s sniff out fentanyl in San Diego, and JFK officers uncover ancient gold looted from Afghanistan

4:20 AM
Food Factory
A look at how certain foods are made in factories
What are the origins of society's most popular culinary commodities? Get a backstage pass to the mechanical wonders involved in creating consumer goods

4:45 AM
Food Factory
Chocolate pizza, sweet potato chilli and jalapeno poppers
Discover how chocolate pizza, sweet potato chilli and cheddar cheese jalapeno poppers are made, from raw materials to finished products

5:10 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
A hedgehog needs a manicure
A hedgehog needs a manicure, and a parakeet is in dire condition

5:35 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
A python is attacked by its own prey
A python is attacked by its own prey, and an old skunk refuses to eat


